All this talk about trends makes
me think about what I would like to see happen in the future.
I had a talk with my friend and
editor of my film, Terry Katz about what
the next ‘big’ thing is going to be. He agrees
with me that Big Data will continue to capture our imagination for some time to
come, but he’s hot on 3D printers. I
still have to wrap my brain around that. I’m thinking of cartridges in my house
that contain, glass, plastic, metals, paper, poop? At what temperatures are these 3D printers ‘printing’
if they work with metal – how safe are they? I can go and BUY glasses I do not need to
print one each time I wish to enjoy a glass of wine.
At any rate I want to see two old
inventions finally take off: jetpacks and teleportation. I’m not even sure if teleportation
is an invention or a phantasy. Its Wikipedia definition is: Teleportation
is the transfer of matter
from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. Ok, so it’s real. According to an U.S. Air Force report from
2004 teleportation is possible in certain forms – it’s mostly a matter of obtaining
the energy required. I downloaded the report and my eyes glossed over after two
paragraphs (ok, one). Here however a link
from a few months ago to the argument made by Frank Heile, a physicist
and software engineer that teleportation is NOT possible and it’s also a bit more
current. Boo.
That leaves jetpacks. And I want
mine to launch from my 8th floor window – no need to go to the
garage or bother with the side walk and it should carry me at least within the
tri state area somewhere above the buildings (I have no problem
circumnavigating sky scrapers – and peeking through windows) but safely below choppers.
Mine would be a convertible model with
A/C and heater; and I want a seat – I do NOT want to dangle like an idiot in
mid-air. It also needs to have storage
of some kind and wind shield wipers. OK:
so I’m looking for a car with wings. There.
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